This Week's
High and Low
13/8/2014
It's been a good week for food in and out of the kitchen, here are this week's high and low:
High: Home Made Pizza
Recently I've stopped following recipes for pizza bases and instead, I try to feel the dough. It has been a major success and my bases have been steadily improving. This week's one was great! For two pizzas, I start with 200g of "00" flour and 1 sachet (7g) of active dried yeast. I add some extra-virgin olive oil and enough warm water to make it feel right. The sauce started with 2 cloves of garlic and 3 anchovie fillets sauted in extra-virgin olive oil. I added a tin of San Marzano plum tomatoes, some sugar, oregano, salt and pepper and mashed it all together with a wooden spoon. I covered the pan and cooked for 15 minutes. I topped the pizza with salami, prosciutto, mozzarella and chilli flakes. Delicious!
Low: Chicken, Rocket and Cheese Ciabatta from O'Briens, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre.
On Tuesday I was in Liffey Valley Shopping Centre looking for shoes for my cousin's wedding. After the stress of shopping I needed something to fill the gap in my stomach but didn't fancy any fast food. I settled on O'Briens and ordered a ciabatta and double espresso. The filling for the ciabatta was fine but the bread itself was horrible! I'm pretty sure it was a par-baked roll that was never finished off. It tasted very doughy and was very unpleasant.
Labels: Ciabatta, Highs and Lows, O'Briens, Pizza